Staying home from Christmas Eve dinner to prove a point!

[YorkieMom55]

I remember the last time you had a family get-together. It was very stressfull for both of you. Go/Don't Go it's up to you, but you are responsible for that puppy and you know what's in her best interest. Have a Blessed Holiday.

[rox626]

Bumpin up to see what you finally decided to do and how it went?

[stephluvsangel6]

when its not someone else pup and they dont undrstand the love and things you feel for your pup they dont understand. i left my pup at home and not even 30 mins later i was worried about him and thanksed everyone and left, he was ok but i didnt like leaving him but i wanted him to be safe.

[mizzwanned]

It's better if you stay home if they treat your puppy like that. Some people just don't know how gentle a small breed dog is and what they can and can't eat. Then some people are just foolish for not caring. I 'm srry this happened to you. Feel better

[Monday]

When I took Monday to a family dinner, she was only 5-6 months old ... my niece (who has a bearded collie) gave Monday Turkey skin ... the next day Monday was throwing up blood and had blood in her poopy ... that was the first time she was diagnosed with gastritis ... now she is on a special lo residue diet and I let NO one feed her anything but what I give her.

I was a new mommy then ... now I know better ... no one can hold her even.

and to top it off, my niece's daughter (8 years old) was trying to get Monday to sit like a child in a high chair . GRUNT!!!!

[stedmansmommy]

In my opinion you should do whatever YOU think is best. The reason I say this is because I KNOW where your coming from. When I bought my Mini Doxie almost 4 years ago, my family went NUTS. They all wanted to "see" her - but their "seeing" her was fighting over her, being too rough with her, holding her WAY up in the air to where she was SCARED TO DEATH - it was just all together BAD. Not to mention, my cousin with 4 LITTLE kids let them ALL hold her and pass her around like she was a RAG DOLL after I had SPECIFICALLY told everyone that I did NOT want the LITTLE kids holding her - that they could only pet her. I know it's hard for kids not to be able to hold a new little puppy - but that's just TOO BAD - she was TINY - I mean it was only 2 days after we brought her home and heck, even my husband and I were still "new" to her - she wasn't even adjusted to US yet - let alone 20 + other people, AND kids passing her around Anyway - to make a long story short (whoops! I think it's a little too late for that ) one of the kids ended up DROPPING her flat on her BACK - which, if you don't already know - you have to be EXTREMELY careful with Dachshund's and their backs - because they are so long, and they can break VERY easily. Well that DID IT for me - I was FUMMMMMMMING MAD!!!!! I didn't even know that their mom was letting them hold her - I had turned my back for ONE SPLIT SECOND - and she handed her over to one of her kids and BOOM! She dropped my puppy flat on her back and I almost BURST. I was (excused my french) PISSED beyond words! I could almost FEEL my face turning red I was so mad. My husband on the other hand, TOLD them OFF. I don't know who was more pissed, HIM, or ME. I had specifically TOLD EVERYONE THERE that the little kids were NOT to hold her. And sure enough - the second I turn my back one of them is holding her, and then DROPS her - not to mention, she was OF COURSE standing up when she was holding her - so she dropped her while STANDING - EVEN WORSE

Anyway, my point is that I know EXACTLY how you feel because my family is the SAME way. It really is too bad that you may be missing a Christmas dinner, and true it only DOES come once a year, but...if they won't just ZIP IT about you bringing your baby along, then I just say SKIP IT! And maybe that's just because 95% of my family drives me INSANE, but it's not worth risking anything happening to your baby - because if your family is ANYTHING like mine - they don't listen anyway when you tell them what NOT to do!

P.S.- They all wanted to RUSH RIGHT OVER when we got Stedman (our Yorkie) - but not answering the phone pretty much does the trick My husband said NOOOO WAY, not all those kids...not after what happened the last time! It was TOTALLY fine by me.

[BLowry]

Christmas only comes once a year...I would NOT let someone keep me from my family...especially at Christmas time....I would have gone and left the furbaby home....I'm not saying all night but, you could have gone for a couple of hours and if anyone asked why you didn't bring the puppy I would have told them....I wouldnt have made anything up I would have told them the truth...I am going to a cousins house for lunch today...there are going to be 33 people there...I wouldn't even THINK about bringing the girls with me...for one they think they are bigger than they are and I'm afraid they would get stepped on and some of my family doesn't understand how I feel about my dogs and I don't want to deal with that on this day...HOWEVER! If somebody was doing something to one of the girls that I didn't like you can bet your sweet life I would tell them...
I really hope you went to see you family...family is very important and you really wouldn't want something like this to come between you and your family...you need to be honest with your Aunt and tell her why you don't bring the pup and if she doesn't understand....well....too bad!

[bentleysmama]

I know exactly how you feel! My baby is almost 7 months now, and my family STILL insist on me bringing him over ALL the time! That's not good for any pup...

[bedington]

You need my husband to go along. He has NO problem telling people in no uncertain terms that Cody is not a toy and he is fragile and to not treat him like a big dog. We won't even let kids hold him and very few adults because he is a jumper. Plus, everyone knows that if they were the ones to hurt Cody they would have to answer to me! And that would not be pretty.

[bedington]

Oh, and when my first Yorkie was alive my husband's sister's daughter started to give him a WHOLE hot dog at the table and my husband said nicely to her "don't give him food from the table" and she started bawling and my husband's other sister said "Oh, honey, uncle John didn't mean it" and he said "Don't tell her that. I did too mean it!" His sister to this day says she is not welcome in our home. Come on.........what a whiner!

[abbie's mom]

You know....it's really hard not to let other people enjoy them, when we remember how irresistible they are! I know how badly I wanted a Yorkie, and when I saw one on the street, I just had to ask if I could pet him/her. But, I DID always ASK! I don't want people to be afraid of Abigail, or not enjoy her...but the fact remains: IF she's injured, it will be her dealing with the pain, and me dealing with the bills, and the pain of seeing her suffer. This is one of the 'pro's (if you will), I suppose, of having a teaPOT - they seem more sturdy, and less likely to be accidentally injured.

[Rae Rae]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

In my opinion you should do whatever YOU think is best. The reason I say this is because I KNOW where your coming from. When I bought my Mini Doxie almost 4 years ago, my family went NUTS. They all wanted to "see" her - but their "seeing" her was fighting over her, being too rough with her, holding her WAY up in the air to where she was SCARED TO DEATH - it was just all together BAD. Not to mention, my cousin with 4 LITTLE kids let them ALL hold her and pass her around like she was a RAG DOLL after I had SPECIFICALLY told everyone that I did NOT want the LITTLE kids holding her - that they could only pet her. I know it's hard for kids not to be able to hold a new little puppy - but that's just TOO BAD - she was TINY - I mean it was only 2 days after we brought her home and heck, even my husband and I were still "new" to her - she wasn't even adjusted to US yet - let alone 20 + other people, AND kids passing her around Anyway - to make a long story short (whoops! I think it's a little too late for that ) one of the kids ended up DROPPING her flat on her BACK - which, if you don't already know - you have to be EXTREMELY careful with Dachshund's and their backs - because they are so long, and they can break VERY easily. Well that DID IT for me - I was FUMMMMMMMING MAD!!!!! I didn't even know that their mom was letting them hold her - I had turned my back for ONE SPLIT SECOND - and she handed her over to one of her kids and BOOM! She dropped my puppy flat on her back and I almost BURST. I was (excused my french) PISSED beyond words! I could almost FEEL my face turning red I was so mad. My husband on the other hand, TOLD them OFF. I don't know who was more pissed, HIM, or ME. I had specifically TOLD EVERYONE THERE that the little kids were NOT to hold her. And sure enough - the second I turn my back one of them is holding her, and then DROPS her - not to mention, she was OF COURSE standing up when she was holding her - so she dropped her while STANDING - EVEN WORSE

Anyway, my point is that I know EXACTLY how you feel because my family is the SAME way. It really is too bad that you may be missing a Christmas dinner, and true it only DOES come once a year, but...if they won't just ZIP IT about you bringing your baby along, then I just say SKIP IT! And maybe that's just because 95% of my family drives me INSANE, but it's not worth risking anything happening to your baby - because if your family is ANYTHING like mine - they don't listen anyway when you tell them what NOT to do!

P.S.- They all wanted to RUSH RIGHT OVER when we got Stedman (our Yorkie) - but not answering the phone pretty much does the trick My husband said NOOOO WAY, not all those kids...not after what happened the last time! It was TOTALLY fine by me.

OMG how terrible! I'm glad your hubby told them off! Was the doxie O.K???

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Rae Rae

OMG how terrible! I'm glad your hubby told them off! Was the doxie O.K???

Oh girl...I know - I was BEYOND PO'd! And I just KNEW that my hubby was going to BLOW when he saw our little girl lying on the ground

Yes, she was ok....just VERY, VERY scared - shaking, and whimpering We picked her up and left

[browniesmom622]

something like that can tramatize a puppy for life !
esp when they just came to a new home
no one holds my dogs but me

[prettypuppypink]

Originally Posted by browniesmom622

something like that can tramatize a puppy for life !
esp when they just came to a new home
no one holds my dogs but me

Amen! I lost a tiny Japanese Chin when a family member dropped her on her head. It will never happen again to one of my dogs.